Infectivity and attenuation of Leishmania donovani promastigotes II: Association of the loss of parasite infectivity with the terminal galactosylation of precursor acceptors present in virulent parasites by the developmentally regulated galactosyltransferase

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 517-520

  Bhaumik, S ^a   Basu, R ^a   Roy, S ^a   De, T ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Developmentally regulated galactosyltransferase; Galactose terminal glycoconjugates; Leishmania donovani

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; GLYCOSYLATION; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITISM; PARASITOSIS; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMASTIGOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GALACTOSE; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; LEISHMANIASIS; MACROPHAGES; RESPIRATORY BURST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; VIRULENCE;

LEISHMANIA DONOVANI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1542407031     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3024.2003.00660.x     Document Type: Article

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